International journal of clinical practice
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2020
Editorial CommentPhysical activity or fitness as medicine for your arteries?
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2020
The association between healthy lifestyle score with cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength.
The association of individual behaviours such as diet, tobacco use, body mass index (BMI) and physical activity have been investigated separately in relevance to cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and muscle strength. The purpose of this study is to investigate the combined association of the four mentioned lifestyle factors with cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength. ⋯ Adherence to healthy lifestyle may be associated with increased CRF and muscle strength after adjusting for potential confounding variables.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2020
Patient and Physician Perceptions of Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis Care: A Qualitative Study.
Knee and hip osteoarthritis (KHOA) are common, chronic conditions affecting function, morbidity and mortality. Although the societal burden is high and guidelines are available to guide management, many patients do not receive recommended care. We investigated patient and physician perspectives on barriers and facilitators to KHOA guideline-based treatment and patient experiences in living with KHOA and navigating care. ⋯ Although evidence-based treatments for KHOA exist, our study highlights patient and physician barriers to receipt of this care. Better educational resources and new models of care to address these barriers may contribute to improved osteoarthritis management.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2020
Willingness and Readiness to test for COVID-19; A qualitative exploration of community pharmacists.
The present study aimed to exploring community pharmacists' willingness and readiness to test for COVID-19 in Jordan. ⋯ Jordanian pharmacists are willing to test patients for COVID-19 in community pharmacies, however, they thought they are not ready enough to undergo such tests and needed extra training and better safety precautions.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2020
Internal medicine patients admitted without COVID-19 during the outbreak.
The first case of COVID-19 in Israel was reported on February 21, 2020. Shaare Zedek (SZ), a 1000-bed tertiary care medical centre in Jerusalem, Israel, cared for a significant number of these patients. While attention focused on COVID-19 patients, uninfected patients were admitted to decreasing numbers of available internal medicine (IM) beds as IM departments were converted to COVID-19 isolation wards. As a result of the increase in COVID-19 patients, closure of IM wards, re-assignment of staff and dynamic changes in available community placement options, we investigated the impact of the outbreak on IM patient not admitted for COVID-19. ⋯ While the characteristics of patients admitted to IM during the outbreak were similar, hospital length of stay was significantly shorter. Internal management processes, as well as patient preferences may have contributed to this observation. An infectious disease outbreak may have a significant effect on uninfected admitted patients.